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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l SEYMOUR G. PALMER, OF SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ELLEN M.PALMER, OF SAME PLACE.

PERFORATED PLATE FOR FORMINGHAT-BATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,380, dated July 18,1882.

Application led April 13, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR C. PALMER, of South Norwalk, in the countyof Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Perforated Plates for Forniing Hat-Bats, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. p

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improvement, part being broken away. Fig.2 is a sectional elevation of thesa me, taken through the line :o w,Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the manufacture ofhat-bats and promote uniformity in the said bats.

The invention consists in a perforated batforming plate made with threeradialV division lines or strips in its middle part and a curveddivision-line parallel with its circumference, and having angular platesattached radially to its under side beneath the radial divisionlines,whereby the bat will be formed in sections, and the radial-edges of thebody-sections will be tapered, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents a perforated plate, upon which the fur is deposited in theordinary manner for the manufacture of hat-bats. As ordinarily used theplates are made of oval form, and of such a size as to'form a bat largeenough to cover a hat. This bat isthen torn across the vcenter into twoequal parts, and strips are torn off the said pieces parallel with theline of division to cover the lower side of the hat-brim, while theother pieces cover the outer side of the hat body and brim. With thisconstruction it is impossible to make the separations with entireaccuracy, so that in covering the hat some parts of the bat have to bedrawn out or made thin', and other parts have to be packed or madethick, so that the nap, when formed, will be thinner in some parts thanin others. In my improvement the middle part of the perforated plate Ais divided into three parts or sections, l 2 8, by radial lines B,leaving an annular band around the outer part of the plate equal inwidth to thel breadth of the lhat-brim. Thisannularbandisseparatediiomthe sections 1 2 3 by a line, C, parallel with the circumferenceof theplate A. The annular space thus formed is divided into three sections, 45 6, of such a length that the outer edge'of each section 4 5 6 willequal in length the curved or outer ed ge of one of the sections l 2 3.The spaces 7 8 9, between the ends of the sections 4 56 are covered withsmall plates, orare left unperforated, as shown in Fig. 1. The plate Ais made ot' such a size that two of the sections 12 3 will cover theouter side of the body and brim of a hat, and two of the sections 4 5 6will cover the under side of a hat-brim, so that the bat formed eachtime will be sufficient for a hat and a half.

The division-lines B Omay be narrow strips of metal or other materialattached to the plate A edgewise, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or flatwise, or may be narrow strips of the plate A left unperforated, theeii'ect in either case being to prevent the deposit of fur along thesaid division-lines.

In applying the bat-sections to a hat in the ordinary manner theadjacent edges of' the said sections are lapped, which makes thecovering thicker along the seams, and thus forms an un= even nap. Toremedy this I attach V-shaped or angular plates D at their angles alongthe radial division-lines B, the arms of the plates D standing at aslight angle with the lower surless air will pass through the plateAalon g the sides of the division-lines B, so that less fur will bedeposited along the said lines, and consequently the bat-sections willbe tapered along their radial or side lines. By this construction theoverlapped parts of the bats when applied to a hat will be of the samethickness as the rest ot' the bats, and a uniform nap will be produced.The same effect can be produced by gradually decreasing the number ofperforations toward each radial line B, so as to diminish gradually theamount of air passing through the plate A upon the opposite sides ofeach radial line B. In case bats for the brim only are to be formed, thebody being left without nap, a second circular division-line is formedion-line C equal to the distance of the said diface of the plate A. Withthis constructionupon the plate A at a distance from the divis 4 reevision-linerom the circumference ofthe plate, the central part of theplate bein g covered or made without holes.

I am aware that a machine for forming naps for hats, consisting ot'aforaminons former having` the continuity of its pert'orations broken, soas to produce two naps at one operation, has heretofore been employed;and l am also aware that flanged plates have heretofore been applied toa perforated forming-plate; and I therefore lay no claim t0 suchinventions.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A perforated plate for forming hat-bats, made,substantially as herein shown and de scribed, with three radialdivision-lines, B, in its middle part, and a curved division-line, C,parallel with its circumference, and having anguiar plates D, attachedradially to its under side beneath the division-lines P, as set forth.

2. The combination, with theperforatedplate A, ot the three radialdivision-strips B and the curved division-strip C, substantially asherein shown and described, whereby the batwill be formed in sections,as set forth.

3, The combination with the perforated plate A, of the angular strips D,attached radially to its lower side, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, whereby the bat-sections will be tapered along their radialedges, as set forth.

4. The combinatioinwith theperforatedplate A and the radialdivision-strips B, of the angular strips D, substantially as hereinshown and described, whereby the bat'sections will be tapered alongtheir radial edges, as set forth.

SEYMOUR C. PALMER.

.Vitnesscs:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWIGK.

